GAT Vocabulary

Choose the word that is most nearly opposite to word in capital letters

PARCHED

pragmatic

polite

misty

stubborn

demise

BANEFUL

malevolent

benevolent

banned

embargo

neophyte

Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital

AGGRAVATE : ALLEVIATE

later : precede

urbane : naive

evasive : wordy

feeble : worker

disavow : confront

ISLAND : ARCHIPELAGO

classroom : school

student : teacher

brook : building

chary : cautious

transport : transfer

Choose the word(s) that best fits the meaning of the sentence

Unfortunately, in our country mostly politicians are ___________ .

vivacious

avaricious

malicious

capricious

specious

Government must take firm actions to _________ poverty.

obstinate

irritate

insulate

instigate

mitigate

In the Middle Ages, returning prisoners in exchange for money became common instead of putting to death. Though the act was humane, the primary reasons behind it were __________ rather than __________ .

humanitarian, economic

economic, humanitarian

customs, humanitarian

customs, economic

customs, promise

The principal asked teachers to discover and __________ each student's __________ talents.

suppress, unrecognized

develop, intrinsic

redirect, specious

belittle, dormant

justify, gratuitous

Complete the summary with suitable words

Polls can be used in different ways. Candidates for public office use them to (9)__________ their chances of winning and help them decide whether to run. Once this decision is made, polls provide information that helps candidates (10)__________ limited campaign resources to those groups in the population that support them or might be (11)__________ to do so. Candidates also use polls to help determine which issues they need to (12)__________ and which they should ignore. Candidates will sometimes commission private polls and leak favorable results to the press to try to (13)__________ opinion.